I was thinking of trying the Front Height speakers with Atmos enabled front on #2. I was thinking of connecting the upfiring and Front Height speakers to the same Front Height terminals with Atmos enabled front on #4. Are you saying the two ideas above are not going to work and don't waste time on it?
I watched Mad Max on the 7.2 using NR809 A/Valenzuela receiver, and it was very good. Unfortunately, the NR809 is dead. I am replacing it with NR838 to try the Atmos option. I have not watch U.N.C.L.E, and I will try it. Does anyone know Red Box Blu-ray has Atmos audio format? I usually rent the movies there...
I think there may be a confusion in terminology, but at the same time I also realised I made a mistake, so let me try and correct but also explain.
From scratch:
(Ist my mistake, I completely forgot this)
No. 1 will no longer work with an Atmos receiver, DSU (the Atmos upmixer) replaced PLIIz w/ heights, it's no longer an option you can choose and won't even appear on the menu, so using Front Height Speakers will give you a 5.2.2.w/ Front Heights no matter what. (Essentially turning it into your No. 2 option) and your AVR speaker location setting will be "Front Heights".
No.3 will work as listed, use the SP-T22A-LR module's and set your AVR speaker setting to "Atmos Enabled".
No. 4 besides the having to deal with wiring because of load by running 4 speakers off the same 2 channels, No. 4 will not work because of the AVR settings, the Front Height "setting" and the Atmos Enabled "setting" for your speaker locations, tells the AVR to use a completely different algorithm when calculating the sound that will be playing out of the associated speaker. So if you tried this, no matter what your setting, one pair of speakers will be getting an inaccurate signal.
So in essence you'll have to choose between using Front Heights or the SP-T22A-LR module's, you won't be able to use both with the 838, you'll just have to choose what you like the sound of best.
As far as discs, I have heard that rentals with Atmos can be studio specific, and some titles released in Atmos will not have the Atmos soundtrack on the "rental" version, you'll have to do some research to find out which. And as for Mad Max, re-watching.it in Atmos will be a completely different experience than in 7.2 w/ heights. (As a test I even tried listening to it with the Upmixer instead of true Atmos, and the upmixer didn't compare).
Hope I straightened things out.